Culinary implement



July 28, 1942. J. WOGINRICH CULINARY IMPLEMENT Filed Oct. 13, 1941 Inventor Patented duty 9 1 CULINARY MLEMENT Joseph Woginrich, Walnntport, Pa. Application October 13, 1941, Serial No. 414,845 2 Claims. (Cl. 30-279) My invention relates to improvements in combined paring and coring implements for use as culinary devices, and the principal object in view is to provide an inexpensive, light weight, strong device of this character especially adapted for variable use and for expediting cutting. Daring, and coring operations and rendering the same safe and easy.

To the accomplishment of the above, and to subordinate objects presently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, set forth in detail in the succeeding description, and defined in the claims appended hereto.

In said drawing:

Figure l is a view in side elevation of the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 22 of Figure 1 and drawn to an enlarged scale,

Figure 3 is a similar view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1 and drawn to an enlarged scale, and

Figure 4 is a view of the blank of which the implement is formed.

Referring to the drawing by numeral, the implement of my invention is formed from a blank (see Fig. 4) of any suitable bendable metal and which embodies an elongated, substantially rectangular, body portion I from one end of which triangular tabs 2 extend and the other end of which is provided with a relatively narrower blade-like extension 3 having converging side edges and rounding to a point 4. The extension 3 is provided along oneside edge thereof with an'intermediate serrated portion 5. A slit 6 is provided in the extension and which terminates adjacent the body portion I and short of the oint 4 and is provided with ends 8 curved away from the serrated side edge of the extension. At the end of the body portion I having the extension 3, a disk-like tab I is provided on one corner of said body portion.

The described blank is rolled transversely, for instance, on a suitable mandrel (not shown), until the side edges of the body portion l are brought together in abutting relation for soldering or otherwise suitably connecting the same together, and the extension 3 is bent into arcuate form transversely. The tabs 2 are then bent into converging relation and soldered together at their edges, the soldering not being shown. The tab 1 is next bent into the appropriate end of the rolled body portion I to close said end. The material of the extension 3 is next bent laterally from the slit 6 outwardly from the convex side of the extension to provide a paring blade 9. The serrated portion 5 is next bent outwardly, laterally of the remainder of the extension to provide a toothed cutting edge [0. The opposite side edge of the extension, as will be seen, provides a scraper edge ll. Adjacent the apex or pointed portion 4 the extension is bent inwardly laterally of the extension to provide a coring lug l2.

-As will now be seen, by virtue of the described blank and method of forming the same, a onepiece implement is provided having a hollow handle l3, cylindrical with the exception of a tapered butt end, a transversely arcuate toolforming extension on the front end of the handle l3 embodying a pointed concavo-convex front end l4 having extending along.one side edge an inwardly and laterally extending coring lug l2, said extension further embodying a scraper edge H at one side thereof, a laterally extending toothed cutting edge portion 10 at the other side edge thereof, and a longitudinally extending paring blade 9 curving outwardly from the convex side of the extension with a slot l5 behind the same providing for clearance along the blade so that parings may pass through the extension.

The manner in which the device is designed to be used will, it is believed, be understood from the foregoing, since the use for which each part is adapted has been set forth in connection with the description of the construction thereof. Also, the advantages of an implement p d f r p ing the various operations identified, and for construction in the manner set forth, will be manifest.

Manifestly, the invention, as described, is susceptible of modification without departing from the inventive concept, and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoined claims.

What I claim is:

1. An implement of the class described comprising a substantially cylindrical hollow handle having a blade-like extension at the front end thereof of concavo-convex form in cross-section and terminating in a pointed end having a laterally projecting coring lug extending from one side edge thereof, said extension having a scraping blade curving outwardly from its convex side and extending longitudinally thereof, said handle having a disc-like tab at the front end thereof bent inwardly of said end from said handle to close said end.

2. A blank for forming a combined paring and.

center thereof with a narrow blade-like extension having a tapered end and for bending to form a transversely curved pointed blade on the handle, said body portion having at said other 5 end a come:- disc-like tab for bending to close the front end of the handle.

JOSEPH WOGINRICH. 

